There were 200 questions (4 Sections) in all and the time allotted was 2hrs. The four sections were as follows:
| Time allotted | 2Hrs. |
| Total no. of questions | 200 |
| Marking Scheme | Not disclosed |
| Sections | 4 |
| Number of choices | 5 |
| Negative Marking | ¼ of marks allotted to the question. |
| Expected cut-offs* | Attempt of 125-130 with a accuracy of about 80% |
| Sr. No. | Sections | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| 1 | English Comprehension | 40 | Moderate |
| 2 | Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation | 50 | Easy-Moderate |
| 3 | Analytical Reasoning | 50 | Tough |
| 4 | Issues of Social Concern (GK) | 60 | Easy |
| Sr. No. | Area Tested | Description | No. of Question | Difficulty Level /remarks |
| 1 | Reading Comprehension | Passage on Science & Religion | 15 | Moderate |
| 2 | Verbal Ability | Sentence Starters | 5 | Easy |
| 3 | Verbal Ability | Para completion | 10 | Easy to Moderate |
| 4 | Verbal Ability | Cloze Test | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Overall | 40 |
Evaluation: The major change in this section this year is the introduction of new type of questions i.e. sentence starter. The students took some time to understand the directions. Rest RC, Vocab and Grammer sections were of moderate difficulty level. Fill in the blanks were missing this year.
Comfortable Attempt: 25-28 questions (with accuracy of about 75%) in about 30 minutes.
| Sr. No. | Area Tested | Type of Questions | No. of Question | Difficulty Level /remarks |
| 1 | DI: Data Interpretation | Line Graph (Banks A, B, C) | 5 | Easy |
| Pie charts (Teachers in different states) | 5 | Moderate | ||
| 2 | Data Interpretation | Bar Graph (Product sales) | 5 | Easy |
| 3 | Data Interpretation | Bar Graph & Pie charts (Male & Female students) | 5 | Moderate |
| 4 | Data Interpretation | Bar Graph (Passport Offices) | 5 | Moderate |
| 5 | Data Interpretation | Table (Expenditure in Universities) | 5 | Easy |
| 6 | Data Interpretation | Questions on Percentage increase between years | 2 | Easy |
| 7 | Data Interpretation | Table (Admissions) | 5 | Easy |
| 8 | Data Interpretation | Table (Marks for students) | 5 | Moderate |
| 9 | Data Sufficiency | Simple Math | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| 10 | QA | Probability | 3 | Moderate |
| Overall | 50 | Easy-Moderate |
Evaluation: Speed, clarity of the fundamentals of DI and immaculate time-management were the key to success in this area. Overall this section was moderate.
Comfortable Attempt: 28-32 questions (with accuracy of about 80%) in about 25-30 minutes.
| Sr. No. | Area Tested | Description | No. of Question | Difficulty Level /remarks |
| 1 | Reasoning | Deductions | 6 | Difficult |
| 2 | Reasoning | Distribution | 7 | Difficult |
| 3 | Reasoning | Seating Arrangement - Square | 5 | Difficult |
| 4 | Reasoning | Letter Arrangement | 4 | Moderate |
| 5 | Reasoning | Seating Arrangement - Circular | 7 | Difficult |
| 6 | Reasoning | Coding & decoding | 5 | Easy |
| 7 | Reasoning | Data Sufficency | 5 | Easy |
| 8 | Reasoning | Odd man out | 5 | Easy |
| 9 | Reasoning | Miscellaneous (Comparision, Arrangement) | 2 | Moderate |
| 10 | Critical Reasoning | Inferences on "Plasma TV" | 4 | Moderate |
| Overall | 50 | Moderate-Difficult |
Evaluation: The student found this section the most difficult .A lot of questions was of arrangements (circular, square and letter) which were difficult. There were about 18 questions of arrangements A few questions of DS, odd man out and coding decoding were there and were easy. Right selection of question with proper time management was needed to clear the cut offs in this section. Students can expect lower cut offs as compared to last year cutoffs in this section.
Comfortable Attempt: 25-28 questions (with accuracy of about 80%) in about 40-45 minutes.
Evaluation: This year this section was much easier than expected. A lot of questions were direct and were easy. One with an average level of preparation could have easily attempted 40-45 questions.
Comfortable Attempt: 40-45 questions (with accuracy of about 80%) in about 20 minutes.
*Disclaimer:All the above given information is based on personal opinion of hitbullseye Expert faculty. Several factors have been considered before giving these cut-offs. However, it has nothing to do with original cut-offs.
